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It’s been very cold here the last week or so…. And our furnace / boiler / chauffage is not working. That means that we don’t have heat. Okay, to be honest we have some heat. We have the fireplace and the wood-burner in the kitchen. And every time the furnace repair guy comes it works for awhile so we have sporadic heat from the radiators. Actually, he has no idea …Continue reading →

Think of these as Ginger Snaps (old-fashioned cookie) meet Chocolate Chips and fall in love. I can’t get chocolate chips, of course, but you get the idea. When one can’t buy chocolate chips one makes chocolate chunks. One of the first kitchen utensils I bought at mon mari’s favorite DIY store was a chocolate hammer. I have since bought other tools – for grating, shaving, etc. but the hammer was …Continue reading →

I have come to the conclusion that there are two approaches to most things: mine and that of the rest of the world. Naturally I wonder how so many people can be so wrong. I'm a marathon kind of person. No I don't run them. I like to get everything organized then do vast quantities of the same stuff. When we lived in the U.S. and still did that whole …Continue reading →

Susan, of Food Blogga is collecting Christmas Cookies. What a wonderful idea, I thought. Except I don't bake Christmas cookies until right before Christmas. She told me I could wait until then to post, but then you wouldn't be able to try these fantastic cookies. A compromise! I'll post the photos then, and the recipes now! And to keep you entertained whilst perusing the recipes I'll show you some of …Continue reading →